“Rarely have I heard the hostility of the sea evoked as eerily as in [Mark Elder’s] polished account of Debussy’s La Mer”. The Observer, on the Halle’s Prom July ’06.
April 2007
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“The Hallé are resplendent under Mark Elder, with ravishing colours and finely etched detail…”
Andrew McGregor
4th May 2007
“...further evidence of the Hallé’s renewal under Elder: a performance that glitters with luminous detail, and some really refined playing...Matthews provides a completely re-imagined context for the Preludes, and they’re beautifully played in a recording that allows every new texture to radiate colour and detail.”
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